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32. I wish California had any art museums worth visiting to begin with

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Mon Jul 19, 2021, 06:08 PM

Jul 2021

I'd have to travel all the way to the east coast just to see any good museums

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Have you ever cried in a museum? What was the art museum? Was it a van Gogh? [View all] CTyankee Jul 2021 OP

Even Vincent cried... Dr. Strange Jul 2021 #1

I love that scene. Hong Kong Cavalier Jul 2021 #9

I thought of that right away too Withywindle Jul 2021 #10

I had a strange breakdown in a historical "museum" Kali Jul 2021 #2

Yes, I remember being in Rome in a church where Caravaggio had painted several works for the CTyankee Jul 2021 #42

I cry every time I see a Sekhmet statue I_UndergroundPanther Jul 2021 #3

On a trip to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, I asked an attendant if he has seen this phenomenon. CTyankee Jul 2021 #23

No, but I knew a wacko who met her first husband in a museum bucolic_frolic Jul 2021 #4

"The sadness will last forever." PoliticAverse Jul 2021 #5

Yes panader0 Jul 2021 #6

I have not cried but the first time Polly Hennessey Jul 2021 #7

I went to the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam in 1974. 3catwoman3 Jul 2021 #25

that was where I broke down, in front of "Wheat Fields with Crows." CTyankee Jul 2021 #43

Not Me, Personally ProfessorGAC Jul 2021 #8

I was raised to reject Catholicism. ariadne0614 Jul 2021 #19

I saw the Pieta at the NY World's Fair in the 60s Champp Jul 2021 #33

Similar ProfessorGAC Jul 2021 #34

You beat me to it Beatlelvr Jul 2021 #27

How could I have failed to include the ancient redwoods?!!? ariadne0614 Jul 2021 #37

Unexpectedly Nikossitti Jul 2021 #11

Yes, with this self portrait at the Art Institute of Chicago Docreed2003 Jul 2021 #12

Did not cry but the Rijksmuseum blew me away NightWatcher Jul 2021 #13

I never cry in public, in museums or anywhere else, but Ocelot II Jul 2021 #14

Rembrandt just knocks the hell out of me. Look at Lucretia's tears in her eyes. Rembrandt knew how CTyankee Jul 2021 #24

I'm going to the "immersive" Van Gogh exhibit next week. Scrivener7 Jul 2021 #15

Please report back to us on how it made you feel. CTyankee Jul 2021 #20

I will. Scrivener7 Jul 2021 #30

Yes. Tommy Carcetti Jul 2021 #16

It wasn't Van Gogh, but Francisco Goya dumbcat Jul 2021 #17

Yes, at the Detroit Institute of Arts' "Ofrendas: Celebrating el Dia de Muertos" exhibit. demmiblue Jul 2021 #18

that's astonishing. No words... CTyankee Jul 2021 #21

Yes jpak Jul 2021 #22

I almost choked... Goonch Jul 2021 #26

Obligatory TheProle Jul 2021 #28

Goya's "The Disasters of War" at the Prado in 1972 Another Jackalope Jul 2021 #29

Yep, those same ones got to me ... dumbcat Jul 2021 #36

Yes. Goya was horrified by what he saw in those Disasters. He was a changed man after. CTyankee Jul 2021 #45

Not a museum but Notre Dame in Paris Marthe48 Jul 2021 #31

+1 ariadne0614 Jul 2021 #39

I wish California had any art museums worth visiting to begin with ansible Jul 2021 #32

Not an art exhibit, but yes. happybird Jul 2021 #35

Yes. I cried when I saw Picasso's Mother and Child in person IcyPeas Jul 2021 #38

He started painting in blue after the shocking death of his friend, Casagemas. CTyankee Jul 2021 #46

There was a Monet exhibit Lars39 Jul 2021 #40

I cried in the Cincinnati Freedom Center. KentuckyWoman Jul 2021 #41

not cry, but had to step away to compose myself Skittles Jul 2021 #44